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Charles Bridge at Sunset
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A View from the Charles Bridge, Prague

Prague, Czech Republic

What is there not to love about Prague? If it was possible to sum up Prague in one location, which it isn’t, the Charles Bridge would be that location. Yet, it has a life all its own.


Prague's Old Town Square - Vibrant and Alive
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In Prague's Old Town Square

Prague, Czech Republic

Prague's Old Town Square is vibrant and a hive of activity, with people laughing and vendors in their kiosks. The Romanesque, Baroque and Gothic style buildings can make it feel like a journey back in time, 600 or 700 years. I remember the awe ...


Altstadt Heidelberg as Seen from Heidelberg Castle
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In Heidelberg's Altstadt

Heidelberg, Germany

At first glance, Heidelberg's Altstadt (Old Town) seems like a destination frozen in time, with it's historic churches and baroque style buildings, but Heidelberg is alive with cafés, fine dining, shopping and people watching.


Heidelberg Castle from Philosophers' Way
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Hello, Good Morning: on the Philosophers' Way

Heidelberg, Germany

“Guten Morgen” rang out from one of the three older ladies who passed me by on an early morning walk on the Philosopher's Way. I had just begun the walk up the steep incline.


Remains of tree turned to stone in Petrified Forest National Park
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Living Stone: in the Painted Desert

Petrified Forest National Park, Arizona

In 1540, an expedition under Francisco Vázquez de Coronado on a quest to find the Seven Cities of Cibola, passed through this region naming it "El Desierto Pintado" - The Painted Desert. It's a land of petrified forests, dinosaurs fossils ...